Bytes
Bytes can be created by casting from a string, and are displayed using hexidecimal encoding.
<bytes>"I am some bytes";
Output
b"4920616D20736F6D65206279746573"
Conversion from other types
Available since: v2.3.0
Since SurrealDB 2.3.0, conversions can be performed between bytes, strings, and arrays.
<string><bytes>[ 99, 101, 108, 108, 97, 114, 32, 100, 111, 111, 114 ];
<array><bytes>"Hobbits";
Output
'cellar door'
[ 72, 111, 98, 98, 105, 116, 115 ]
Byte strings
Available since: v3.0.0
A string preceded by a b prefix can be turned into bytes as long as the string represents a hexidecimal value.
b"486F6262697473";
<string>b"486F6262697473";
<string>b"This won't work though";
Output
b"486F6262697473";
'Hobbits'
"There was a problem with the database: Parse error: Unexpected character `T` expected hexidecimal digit
--> [1:11]
|
1 | <string>b\"This won't work though\";
| ^
"
